an anecdote           
                                          
 today it rained,  and i would go outside 
 i thought,  so i smoked a pipe  and  got 
 dressed,   and  outside  the   rain  had 
 turned  into snow so thick  that  it was 
 as dense fog ... and then i  went to get 
 the mail,  but there was  a woman and we 
 talked a little.  now because i was high 
 and  it  was snowing so funny and i  had 
 an  umbrella against  the snow, but snow 
 all over my face anyway, and  i wondered 
        about myself, and my life